Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
SAMUEL JOHNSONEvery man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Truth allows no choice.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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